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- Title
Coping with domestic violence against children and adolescents from the perspective of primary care nurses.
- Authors
Totti Leite, Jéssica; Aparecida Beserra, Maria; Scatena, Liliana; da Silva, Lygia Maria Pereira; Carvalho Ferriani, Maria das Graças
- Abstract
Objective: To analyse the actions reported by primary care nurses in the fi ght against domestic violence against children and adolescents. Methods: Qualitative research conducted at fi ve family health centres in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Data were collected in the second half of 2013 through semi-structured Results: Two thematic cores emerged: “Public policies identifi ed by the nurses” and “Nurses’ actions regarding violence permeated by fear and confl icts”. The nurses were familiar with public policies, but they were unable to put them into practice; they were unprepared to identify and cope with the violence; they did not participate in training courses; they were afraid to report the detected cases of violence. Conclusion: The main limitations to the practical work of nurses are work burden, lack of security, and the dynamics of work that is not articulated with the protection network, which causes the underreporting of cases of domestic violence.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; DOMESTIC violence; NURSES; NURSES' attitudes; NURSING; PRIMARY nursing; QUALITATIVE research; OCCUPATIONAL roles; ADOLESCENCE; CHILDREN
- Publication
Revista Gaucha de Enfermagem, 2016, Vol 37, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0102-6933
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1983-1447.2016.02.55796